I thought as much!!!

And so it finishes.

On to Sunday now!!!

I called it. But what a 2nd half, Jose's reverse psychology worked to a tee...the attitude of the Real players was beyond reproach from start to finish and their response after going down twice said it. Hart looked like he'd keep them out the whole night but alas!Mancini conceded that the injuries to Maicon and Nasri meant he could not put in Aguerro but I think City were too cautious from the start, Yaya's powerful runs brought a goal from Dzeko and almost added a 2nd, he should have been doing that from the start. They have all to do it when Dortmund come to Etihad next time, another loss and they'll be staring at another group stage exit.

I wanted Man Utd to avoid Spanish teams in the group stage and after Malaga's performance and the way Real dominated the stats, I am convinced.

PSG are looking ominous with Thiago and Zlatan, first player to score for 6 different sides in the CL proper.Milan's decline as shown by a scoreless draw at San Siro will highlight PSG's rise even more.

Arsenal survived poor finishing from the french in the second side.

On to day two.

Arsenal had a really poor performance in the second half, we gave Montpellier too much space especially in the midfield. Diaby was a bit reckless and didn't quite seem comfortable with the ball.....the yellow card he received in the first minute of the game probably had something to do with that. The good news is that Podolski is turning out to be our main man this season and Gervinho's performance has really improved.

Game on for the other Manchester sister today; reckless defence. Wait and see!

But of all Mo's celebrations, the best/worst of them all was the UCL game MAN u VS Porto at old Trafford (should be in 2004) where the results were 2-2. His celebration of the 2nd equalizing goal was masterclass, out of this world and in a class of its own. His frame + the long coat diving it to players at the corner/flag post and all will remain in my memories for ever!

Man Utd very lucky - that defence is still not compact though good to see Fletcher back (from stima), Barca had some scary moments - Messi to the rescue, Bayern underperformed. Can't wait for day 2.